Baker&#39;s peel.



L. SCHLAGER.

BAKER'S PEEL.

APPLlcATmN FILED ri. 17, 1915.

Patented July 6, 1915.

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BAKER/S PEEL.

Application filed. February 17, 1915.

T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that l, LnoN SGHLAGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bakers Feels, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to bakers peels and has for its main object to provide a bakers peel made of meta-l, forming a simple, cheap, durable and eflicient construction.

A further object is to provide a construen tion of this character in which the blade, although made of comparatively thin sheet metal, is nevertheless so formed as to make it sufficiently stiff.

A still further object is to provide a con struction in which the blade proper can be readily renewed or repaired.

The various further objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

ln the drawing illustrating this invention, Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 is a side view of the bakers peel embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a section taken along line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. a is a fragmental sectional view, and Fig. 5 is a fragmental bot tom view of the improved peel with the cap attached.

The usual form of bakers peel is made of wood which is liable to burn, char or splinter and so spoil the bake. Attempts have been made to make the peel of metal, but these have not been entirely successful by reason of the expensive, heavy, cumbersome construction. My improved peel, although sufliciently stiff to lift the heaviest batch required in practice, is still light enough to be conveniently handled. Further, it may be attached to any handles now in use in connection with wooden peels.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the improved peel is formed with a blade 10 of a sheet metal preferably sheet aluminum. The blade may be quite thin to render the peel as light as possible, and to render the same sufficiently stiff, l form longitudinal corrugations 11, along the edges of the blade, terminating a short distance from the end thereof, thus leaving a continuous straight edge 12 to properly contact with the oven surface. The blade is attached to a socket member 13 provided with a laterally extended portion 14 in which is formed a slot 15 into which the blade seats. This slot Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1915..

Serial No. 8,789.

may conform to the contour of the blade including the corrugations, so as to firmly hold the entire width of the blade. Preferably, the blade is united to the socket member by means of rivets 16, thus rendering the blade readily renewable in case of ex treme wear. However, in certain cases, the socket member may be cast to the blade. For retaining the handle, the socket member is formed with a longitudinal slot 17, forming two fork members 18 which are of T construction to provide a maximum of lightness and stiffness. Perforations 19 extend through the forked members, through which perforations bolts may be passed to engage the usual handle. A V-shaped recess 2O is formed in the socket member at the termination of the slot 17, for the purpose of retaining the handle to better advantage. The socket member is preferably made of cast aluminum. However, any other suitable metal may be used without departing from the scope of this invention.

In case the end edge of the blade wears down, I provide a cap 21 which may be in serted over the edge and riveted or otherwise secured thereto. This cap is also formed with a slot 22, constituting a seat for the blade and having grooves corresponding to the corrugations of the blade.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A bakers peel comprising a blade of thin sheet metal formed with longitudinal corrugations extending adjacent the edges thereof and terminating a distance from the end edge, and a socket member to which the opposite end of the blade is attached, said socket member being provided with' a portion for holding the width of the blade, and another portion in which the handle is adapted to be secured.

2. A bakers peel comprising a blade of thin sheet metal formed with longitudinal corrugations extending adjacent the edges thereof and terminating a distance from the end edge, and a socket member having laterally extended portions provided with a slot in which the opposite end of the blade is attached for its entire width, said socket member being provided with a portion adapted to receive the handle.

3. A bakers peel of all metal construction comprising a sheet metal blade having longitudinal marginal corrugations, a socket member having'at one edge a slot for receiv-V ing the end of the blade therein, said slot i' handle is adapted to be held.

5. A bakers peel comprising a sheet metal blade having marginal strengthening corrugations extending along the longitudinal edges thereof and terminating short of the end edge, and a socket member formed with lateral extensions to engage the full Width of the blade, said socket member being also formed With a fork having prongs bounding a slot therebetween, said slot terminating in a V shaped recess for retaining the handle.

Signed at New York city, in the count)Y of New York, and State of New York, this 16th day of February, A. D. 1915.

LEON SCHLAGER.

Witnesses:

WM. I. COHEN, MINNIE S. MILLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

